Historic New England

Plane

Wooden plane w/ rabbit-ear shaped handle; long rectangular shape w/ thin slit at bottom and cross-like opening at top for shavings to exit.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23047

Accession Number: 1998.2797

Hay-bunching rake

Wooden hay rake; long handle w/ 1 row of teeth attached at top; 2 semi-circular rungs connecting handle to row of teeth.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23048

Accession Number: 1998.2798

Hay-bunching rake

Wooden hay rake; long handle w/ 1 row of teeth attached at top; 2 semi-circular rungs connecting handle to row of teeth; metal portion at top of handle.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23049

Accession Number: 1998.2799

Hay-bunching rake

Wooden hay rake; long handle w/ 1 row of teeth attached at top; 2 semi-circular rungs connecting handle to row of teeth.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23050

Accession Number: 1998.2800

Hay-bunching rake

Wooden hay rake; long handle w/ 1 row of teeth attached at top; 2 semi-circular rungs connecting handle to row of teeth.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23051

Accession Number: 1998.2801

Shovel

Wooden shovel w/ long split handle at back end; flat rectangular shaped bottom portion attached to handle by metal fasteners; split in handle forms "Y" shape.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23052

Accession Number: 1998.2802

Shovel

Wooden shovel w/ D-shaped wooden handle; flat rectangular shaped bottom portion w/ copper along bottom edge.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23053

Accession Number: 1998.2803

Shovel

Metal shovel w/ D-shaped wooden handle; spade-shaped bottom.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23054

Accession Number: 1998.2804

Shovel

Metal shovel w/ D-shaped wooden handle; rectangular shaped bottom.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23055

Accession Number: 1998.2805

Garden spade

Spade w/ long wooden D-shaped handle and metal digging piece.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23056

Accession Number: 1998.2806

Adz

Adze w/ slightly curved wooden handle and steel blade.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23057

Accession Number: 1998.2807

Creosote ball ?

Creosote ball for burning out moths; long wooden handle w/ metal hook and steel balled cage connected to hook; charred ball inside cage.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23058

Accession Number: 1998.2808

Garden fork

Metal gardening fork w/ wooden handle; metal fork is glazed brown and hand-like w/ 4 prongs.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23059

Accession Number: 1998.2809

Grub hoe

Grub hoe w/ wooden handle; metal piece at end of handle w/ 2 prongs and flat rectangular piece attached at ends of prongs.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23060

Accession Number: 1998.2810

Shovel

Steel shovel w/ long wooden handle; D-shaped handle and rectangular metal bottom.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23061

Accession Number: 1998.2811

Shovel

Steel shovel w/ long wooden handle; V-shaped handle and rounded square shaped metal bottom.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23062

Accession Number: 1998.2812

Pitchfork

Pitchfork; steel and wood D-shaped handle w/ steel 4-pronged fork at end.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23063

Accession Number: 1998.2813

Scythe fragment

Wooden handle w/ metal round clamp (part of scythe); handle is cylindrical shape w/ clamp at one end.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23064

Accession Number: 1998.2814

Pick on pole

Long wooden pole w/ a curved steel pick. Base of pick attached to pole w/ a nail. Pick is flat on bottom w/ point at center.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23065

Accession Number: 1998.2815

Hoe

Long handled hoe; wooden handle attached to flat rectangular metal piece.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23066

Accession Number: 1998.2816

Hoe

Long handled hoe; wooden handle attached to flat rectangular metal piece.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23067

Accession Number: 1998.2817

Hoe

Long handled hoe; wooden handle attached to flat rectangular metal piece.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23068

Accession Number: 1998.2818

Hoe

Long handled hoe; wooden handle attached to rounded hand-like metal piece w/ 4 lobes.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23069

Accession Number: 1998.2819

Apple catcher

Apple catcher. Consisting of a wooden pole w/ a white cotton bag attached at top by a metal wire. Metal wire forms rim of bag.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23070

Accession Number: 1998.2820

Rake

Metal rake w/ long wooden handle. Wide teeth. Slightly bent teeth.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23071

Accession Number: 1998.2821

Rake

Metal rake w/ long wooden handle. Wide teeth. Straight teeth.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23072

Accession Number: 1998.2822

Rake

Metal rake w/ long wooden handle. Wide teeth. Slightly bent teeth on one end and closed V-shaped teeth on the other end.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23073

Accession Number: 1998.2823

Rake

Metal rake w/ long wooden handle. Wide teeth. Slightly bent teeth.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23074

Accession Number: 1998.2824

Rake

Metal rake w/ long wooden handle. Wide teeth. Straight teeth.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23075

Accession Number: 1998.2825

Scythe handle

Scythe handle. Wooden, w/ narrower tip and wider base. Smaller handle at mid-section fastened to larger handle by a metal band. Metal base at end of handle for fastening scythe.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23076

Accession Number: 1998.2826

Scythe handle

Scythe handle. Wooden, w/ narrower tip and wider base. Two smaller handles at mid-section fastened to larger handle by a metal band. Metal base at end of handle for fastening scythe.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23077

Accession Number: 1998.2827

Scythe handle

Scythe handle. Wooden, w/ narrower tip and wider base.

Date: 1897-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23078

Accession Number: 1998.2828

Pitchfork

Pitchfork. Wooden handle w/ metal fork. Three curved prongs.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23079

Accession Number: 1998.2829

Pitchfork

Pitchfork. Wooden handle w/ metal fork. Three curved prongs.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23080

Accession Number: 1998.2830

Pitchfork

Pitchfork. Wooden handle w/ metal fork. Three curved prongs.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23081

Accession Number: 1998.2831

Ax

Axe, split handle. Split in handle begins at base and extends down to tip. Wrapped at base in black tape.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23082

Accession Number: 1998.2832

Saw. Consists of toothed blade fixed horizontally between two wooden end pieces; piece at one side extends below blade to form handle. Pieces secured together at top by metal bracing and at mid-section by wooden stretcher.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23083

Accession Number: 1998.2833

Saw

Saw. Consists of toothed blade fixed horizontally between two wooden end pieces; piece at one side extends below blade to form handle. Pieces secured together at top by metal bracing and at mid-section by wooden stretcher.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23084

Accession Number: 1998.2834

Sickle

Short-handled sickle. Short wooden handle w/ sickle blade set into end. Metal band set around end of handle near blade.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23085

Accession Number: 1998.2835

Long-handled brush

Long wooden handle w/ brush at end. Short brush: consists of pole w/ small paint brush set into groove on pole and secured w/ a string.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: horsehair, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23086

Accession Number: 1998.2836

Long-handled brush

Long wooden handle w/ brush at end. Long pole w/ the round wooden base of a brush nailed into pole at end. Handle end of pole has a grooved tip for affixing a brush.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: horsehair, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23087

Accession Number: 1998.2837

Hand trap

Tool marked "hand trap." Consists of wooden handle, turned and stained, w/ black painted tip and holes w/ rawhide strap looped through. Springy metal coils at end of handle, painted black. "Trap" is a steel "V" shaped piece w/ one end adjustable via coil at bottom.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Western Cartridge Co. (Maker)

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 23088

Accession Number: 1998.2838

Block of wood

Block of wood, pine. Rectangular block. Mortise holes on bottom. Tenon at top.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 23089

Accession Number: 1998.2839

Block of wood

Block of wood, pine. Rectangular block. Mortise holes on bottom.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 23090

Accession Number: 1998.2840

Door

Wooden door painted white, one of 2 matching doors to cellar under the piazza. Tall and narrow w/ three panels w/ molded edges carved in center of both sides. Turned wooden door knob on one side.

Date: 1807-1858

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 22791

Accession Number: 1998.4285

Pie safe

Wooden pie safe w/ a hinged mesh-screened door. Constructed of 2 solid planks as sides and five long and narrow interior shelves. Back is screened as well. All painted light blue.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 22792

Accession Number: 1998.4286

Jelly jar

Clear glass jelly jar. Raised grooves on rim for screwing metal lid. Seam visible up side.

Date: 1910-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 22793

Accession Number: 1998.4287

Jelly jar

Clear glass jelly jar. Raised grooves on rim for screwing metal lid. Seam visible up side.

Date: 1910-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 22794

Accession Number: 1998.4319

Jelly jar

Clear glass jelly jar. Raised grooves on rim for screwing metal lid. Seam visible up side.

Date: 1910-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 22795

Accession Number: 1998.4322

Jelly jar

Clear glass jelly jar. Raised grooves on rim for screwing metal lid. Seam visible up side.

Date: 1910-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 22796

Accession Number: 1998.4323

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